No. XXVI. 



APRIL, 1877. 



Vol. IV. 



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SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Edited by F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 



Zoologry— Page 



Porphyrio smaragdonotus Temm. in Scotland, — Col. Drummond Hay, 



C.M.Z.S., 37 



Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill, — Sir T. Moncreiffe, Bart, - - 38 



xV Supposed Undescribed Lepisma, — F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 46 



Note on the Kestrel,— W. C . M 'Intosh, M. D. , F. R. S. E. , F. L. S. , - 46 



Prevention of Extermination of Rare Birds, — ^J. A. Harvie Brown, F.Z.S., 47 



Plas Melitasa Didyma occurred in Scotland ? — Editor, - - - • 48 



Fauna and Flora of Clydesdale (Review), -..--- 48 



Proceedings of Nat. Hist. Soc. of Glasgow, Vol. III., Pt. i (Review), - 58 



Transactions of Glasgow Soc. of Field Naturalists, Pt. IV. (Review), - 58 



Phytology— 



Bryological Notes-yRev. J. Fergusson, 59 



Structure of Common Mushroom ^zY^/w/nz/^cZj, — W. G. Smith, F.L.S., 64 



Contributions to the Desmid Flora of Perthshire, — J. RoY, - - • 68 



A Botanical Ramble in Glenshee,— Rev. J. Fergusson, - - • 75 

 .■".otes on Cryptogams — On the Distribution of Buxbaumia aphylla in 



West of Scotland,— Professor R. H. Paterson, - - - 78 



Exotic Fungi from Glasgow Botanic Gardens, — Id., - - - - 78 



Rare British Fungi,— Id., 79 



A New British Peziza,—F. Buchanan White, M.-D., F.L.S., - - 79 



Exidia repanda, — Rev. J. Keith, 79 



In33Cta Scotica— 



The Coleoj^tera of Scotland, - 



-D. Sharp, M.B., 



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